How did you sleep last night? Well, while you were sleeping the Sacramento Monarchs dissolved into thin air. Yes, one of the eight original franchises has folded.

The owners said they wanted to focus all their energy on the Sacramento Kings, a team currently third out of five in their division, yet the 4th and 5th place teams are the hapless Clippers and the Warriors so they don’t count.

Reports are swirling that League President Donna Orender is trying to find a way to bring them to the Bay Area. You go Donna; finally someone who understands women’s basketball has a great following in this area and a women's professional team would thrive.

One thing, though, have the team come to the Stanford, mid peninsula area or the South Bay. That is where the support is. Not Oakland. Oakland would seem like a logical choice because you could piggyback it with the Warriors (see above). No, we don’t feel there is the type of support in the East Bay you see on this side of the bay (sorry Cal fans, we just calls ‘em like we sees ‘em). The Warriors have already issued a statement. They said they support the “idea” of a WNBA team playing in Oakland, but would not affiliate themselves with a franchise. Ringing endorsement there, guys, thanks.

Well guess what, we (meaning C and R) don’t want a WNBA team in Oakland. It’s funny, just last month C outlined her plan to R to have a WNBA team play in Santa Clara University’s Leavey Center. It is small and intimate, relatively new with okay parking, it is accessible to the entire mid peninsula on down Stanford and women’s basketball fans, the police staion is just across the street for those rowdy women's basketball fans (bring bail money) and it is two miles from my house. Win, win, win.

Okay, now whom do we talk to about our idea?See the original post at C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog

http://womenssportsinformation.com/blog.html

View Original Post at candrsstanfordwomensbasketballblog.blogspot.com

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Joel

What a sad day it was to learn that the Maloofs gave up on the Monarchs. I am a Dad who has taken my 11 year old daughter to many Monarchs games over the years and I am very disappointed in the Maloofs in giving up on the Monarchs. I would hope that someone who is truely interested in Women's professional basketball will step up and buy the Monarchs and hopefully keep them in Sacramento.I believe that the Maloofs had reasons other than stated in the press for giving up on the Monarchs. It is an affront to women's sports.

Monday, November 23, 2009 at 3:05pm EST